GRE Word List
MALADROIT
lacking adroitness : inept
The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| osseous | bony |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| calorific | caloric |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |